Hey Dudes and Dudettes,
Fun to see some familiar names here.
For those of you I haven't met before:
I'm rock's most unexpected girl drummer ... had my first lesson on my 54th birthday, and been at it for 2-1/2 years. Have had the enormous privilege to work with Kenny Aronoff (this is all his fault ... saw him drumming and said, 'I want to do what that guys does'! as if!); Billy Ward; and Cindy Blackman. Lucky to be drumming in the Seattle area, with Donn Bennett's Drum Studio, where just about everybody who's anybody on drums shows up at one time or another. Alan White, Michael Derosier, Matt Chamerlain and Jeff Kathan and local ... kinda blew my mind to find myself standing and talking about golf courses in B.C. with Alan White!!
Have been in a basement band for a little more than year ... they're all seasoned musicians, which was hugely intimidating, but surprisingly I'm not the weakest link.
Saw/heard audio and video from our first (and only, so far) gig, and was amazed that I wasn't horrified at myself!
I'm a rock-n-roll baby, but have been dragged into the blues, and love it. Thinking about giving country a try.
Still on my
Pacific beginner's kit ... swapped out the tin-can snare for a
Pacific solid maple; and piled on the
Paiste 502 cymbals, plus a couple of
Wuhan splashes and my very favorites ... a set of Celtic Bell sizzle cymbals.
My pride-and-joy: Kenny Aronoff's
Zildjian 22" China Boy Low that he used on the Fogerty Blue Moon Swamp tour in the 90's ... autographed, with a personal note to me!
Away from the drums, I'm married almost 6 years to a former British Sailor I met online, and have a Dreaded Day Job as a Project Administrator for a civil engineering company. I'm a writer (fiction and my autobiography), photographer, and really truly do have a stamp collection!
Linear Mode
